Green sea turtle nest numbers continue to rise

            State biologists say this was a very good year for nesting green sea turtles.

Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have documented more than 25,000 green turtle nests on 26 beaches in the state in 2015.

The trend for green turtles shows an increase in nesting over the past 27 years.

In 1989, biologists documented only 464 green turtle nests.

In 2011, the nest count was just over 10 thousand.

They think the count is about 70 percent of green turtle nesting statewide.

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